Brent Seales' Research Team Reveals Biblical Text From Damaged Scroll

Monday, July 20, 2015 - 11:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a damaged scroll that is at least 1,500 years old, discovered inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi in Israel. High-resolution scanning and UK Professor Brent Seales' revolutionary virtual unwrapping tool revealed verses from the Book of Leviticus.

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